Vaccine and debt reliefVaccine nationalism, where rich nations seek to secure enough doses for their own citizens before they can be made available to others, has often been flagged as a phenomenon that can weaken the battle against the covid-19 pandemic.
Some of those worries should recede now, after leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies pledged to ensure a fair distribution of covid vaccines, drugs and tests around the world.
They also vowed to do what was needed to support poorer nations struggling to recover from the pandemic, Reuters reported. World Bank President David Malpass called upon G20 leaders to provide debt relief to some of the poorest countries, warning that failure to do so would lead to increased poverty and.